COST TO THE COUNTRY
RAISING SCHOOL AGE
(Received 20th December, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 19th December. In the House of Commons, in answer to a question, Sir C. P. Trevelyan, Minister of Education, said that, the extra charge for education, together with maintenance allowance, would not exceed 5s weekly to parents of needy children. It would "make the cost of raising the school-leaving age to 15 years £5,500,000 a year, of which the Exchequer would pay £4,000,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 149, 20 December 1929, Page 12
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76COST TO THE COUNTRY Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 149, 20 December 1929, Page 12
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